Re: I love Informix. But now, I don't understand the

Informix-Net (I-NET) drivers are required to use most ODBC connections. 16-bit versions (windows 3.1) are very buggy. Avoid anything higher than 5.01.WF2. The later builds have very serious memory leaks on the serverside. You should be able to get INET drivers for most desktops from Informix. -d At 07:47 PM 8/12/97 +0200, Fernando Collalti wrote: }Hello, } }Untill yesterday, working with Delphi 2/3 (on the client side), it }was fine. } }Yesterday's steps: }a-have the server (UNIX) with network products(I have 7.14 no problem } the connection side is already there). OK! }b-Get Informix-Connect, set the parameters with "SET-NET 32". OK }c-Test the connection with I-Login. OK! }d-Configure DELPHI BDE( a layer for the development envir.) OK }Done. I have client/server connection } }Today's steps (I want to use JDBC): }a-JDBC works with ODBC, so the first step is to install an ODBC driver. } After the Installation of Intersolv DataDirect, I configure the ODBC }driver. }The ODBC configuration tells me that I need..."INFORMIX-NET" 7.1 or }higher??? }(I already had my Informix-Connect/ESQL/C 7.2 installed) } } }Question A: What is Informix-Net?? }Question B: On my client I have Informix-Connect/ESQL/C 7.2 what else do }I need? }Question C: On the Informix Web server, Informix-Connect is not there }anymore. } Do I need to get Informix-CLI? }Question D: Since Informix-CLI is an ODBC driver, I could purchase CLI }or any } other ODBC from any vendor? }Question E: Looking at documentation(on the Web) of Informix-CLI, it }requires } Informix-Net (at least wersion 5.x) But what is }Informix-NET??? } }Sorry for the "many" questions, but I thought that once I had }Informix-Connect }I could get any ODBC driver (or CLI since it is an ODBC) and Run..... } }Fernando Collalti } }e-mail: fernando.collalti@orbit.net } }